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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Queen of the Gypsies.
speoial to Mem phis Avalanehe.

Special to Memphis Avalanche
Dayton, o. April 8.-Jentie Jeffrey Har-
rison, the young Gypsy queen, who died
in childbirth at jackson, Miss, December
81, 1886. was buried in the Gypsy lot at
Woodland to day with all the funeral hon
ors accorded in the Gypsy burial service.
AT her death the body was embalmed and
sent here 10 await the gathering of her
subjects at the burial. She was the daugh
ter Of Henry and Tallie Jeffreys, who own
large tracts of land in this country, and
are related to the Stanleys, who reign over
about twenty tribes that make their sum-
mer home in this valley. She was twenty
FIVE years old, very beautiful and idolized
by her subjects. She succeeded Queen
Matilda Stanley who died in Tennessee in
1884, and is buried here. Owen and Har-
riet Stanley the first king and queen, are
also buried in this lot. A Masonic gran
ite monument towers above the grave Of
King Owen Besides the relatives and
mourners about one hundred Gypsies were
present, representing different tribes. Bos-
ton, Washington, d. c., and St. Louis
were represented in the number The
event is the fourth of the kind that has oc-
Cured in this city since 1857, and, as on
former occasions, attracted vast crowds OF
people to view the street pageant. The
funeral c0rtege consisted OF a caravan of
thirty large Gypsy wagons, loaded with
Gypsy families, and carrying all the camp
and household equipage. Following each
wagon were the horses and dogs, number
ing in some cases fifty animals. The cor
tege was nearly mile in length and in
line about 500 horses The procession was
witnessed by thousands Of people who
crowded the streets and followed into the
cemetery gates. As precaution against a
re- etition of the scenes and accidents that
occurred in 1884 at the burial OF Queen
Matilda, a squad of police prevented the
entrance to the grounds of the crowd Rev.
Daniel Berger OF the Union Baptist Church
conducted the religious services, consisting
of PRAYER, scriptural readings and ser
mon. The mourners and relatives sat
about the grove, while the caravan con-
tanning the Gypsy families with following
horses and dogs, was kept con-
tinually circling around the grave
on the winding roadways. When
the minister concluded, the mourn
ers rose and began low chant In GYPSY
dialect. The refrain was caught up by the
occupants of the moving caravan, and soon
the air resounded with weird meanings and
wailing The startling sounds frightened
the horses and the dogs, too, who took up
the refrain in dismal howls. A young
Gypsy girl dressed in garments OF bright
colors carried flowers of scarlet hue and
showered them over the grave. In a tone
of plying grief they cried Goodbye,
Gentie Goodbye, sweet queen; good
bye y Then the anguish OF the mourners
knew no bounds They, too, bade the
buried queen goodbye in means and cries
that were heard above the din and woes
-
grief continued until the pastor bade the
mourners to retire. Then the caravans
moved from the ground to their several
homes
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Five O'Clock Tea.

To have five o'clock tea weekly, if
we have a number of friends dropping
in. is kindly and gracious custom.
The tea is always made by the lady on
the table and handed By her TO her
guests if there are no gentlemen TO
carry il. A servant should not be en-
ployed in the matter The tea equipage
consists Of a tray covered with pretty
cloth, with small cups and saucers,
cream, sugar, slop bowl, the teapot
covered with u cosey and cake, and
very thin bread and butter ca plates.
The tray Is set on table and the tea
made. This Is the English fashion.
You may, however, prefer TO use a
table ON which is the cloth without a
tray; in this case the tea is not brought
in, but arranged ready for callers. Tea
is made by the lady in the following
way: The teapot has a little hot water
in it when brought in; this must be
poured out into the slop bowl and tea
put in it according to the number you
require it for; three teaspoonfuls make
a pint of tea, the cups used run three
to the half pint A quart of tea there
fore viii serve eight or nine, and allow
for a second cup, which is rarely asked
for OF course, you may gauge your
tea-pot-know how much ii holds and
pour the water accordingly. When
you put the tea in the pot, light the
alcohol kettle which should have had
boiling water in it, and when it boils
pour on to the tea about a third of the
water you intend to use, put the cosey
over it and let it steep seven minutes,
add the rest of the water, cover again
and use as needed; or, you may if you
prefer. pour on all the water at once.
1t is easier and less formal to say to
each guest after a few minutes con-
versation, ''Shall give you some tea?"
or its equivalent, and give it at once,
than to wait to certain time and hand
it to every one at once. With the tea
cosey the tea keeps hot long time,
but if people straggle in, or for any late
corners, fresh should be made. A
friendly, nice way is to have bright
kettle on an open fire and make tea
from that when boiling, in the good
old fashioned way Catherine O,oe'a.
IN Good Housekeeping.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
The Stronger Sex.

Why am / woman suffragist? Be
cause | am. Because a woman has
more good, hard, common sense than
man. Because she makes less bluster
about her rights, and quietly maintains
them better than a man. Because she
won't give 1.50 for an article that she
knows very well she can get for IS
cents. Because she does not stalk lofti-
IL away from the counter without her
change if the robber behind it is little
reluctant about counting it out. Be
cause she is too independent to pay the
landlord 3 for her dinner and then pay
the head waiter 81 to send her a waiter
vino viii bring 1t to her for so cents.
Because she viii hold her money tightly
III her own good little right hand for
two hours until she first gets a receipt
for it from the fellow who made her
husband pay the same bill five times
last year. Not any lust give you credit
for IL for her. Because one day a
Pullman porter complains to me: mo
money on this trip; too many women
aboard. Don't never get nothin' out
of woman 'ceptin' just her regular
fare. " | had just paid him 20 cents
for blacking one of my shoes and losing
the other And when he said that,
when saw for myself the heroic firm
ness of those women. travelling alone,
paving their fare. and refusing 70 pay
the salaries of the employees of a wealthy
corporation, said: These women have
a right TO vote. To vote? By all that
is brave and relf-reliant and sensible,
they have right to run the Govern
ment- -" Bssrdette.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
A Curious Old Custom.

1t used to be the stom many years
ago in old Esopus w Kingston, for
ali thrifty dame prepare grave
clothes for tbe -ent members Of
the family. the growth of 3
child the old 1f.se clothes would be
discarded perhaps given to an impro-
vident or shiftless neighbor TO be used
in time of need-and new garments
would be promptly made to replace the
old. A story is told about a relative
of the late Judge Westbrook, of Kings
ton City. Mrs. IS grave clothes
had been laid carefully away for many
long day. When grown yellow or
mussed-looking the old lady would
..do them up fresh with her own
hands. and a feeling of blissful readi-
ness and security would again be hers.
One day neighbor called on the old
lady. and the latter was found to be
greatly perulrbed over something.
Guess you'd be flustered. too said
the excited dame. s.if somebody came
and borrowed your gfave-elothes. just
after they'd all been done up fresh.
That shiftless Miss . | knew she
wouldn't have anything fit to wear
when she came to die: and, sure
enough. it was borrow. borrow, even
after death. Such shiftlessness never
could endure. Now I've got to 20 e
work and make up another set, or ]
may be catched in the same box
The old lady. who was then past go,
went promptly to work and had fresh
grave-clothes made up. and it is as
serted on good authority that she lived
only few hours after their completion,
-K1ngsto,s Freeman
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Jews as Citizens.
St. Louis Republican. I

st. Louis Republican.
The Hon. Simon Wolf, ex-Minister to
Egypt, lectuTed al the temple Share
Emeth last evening under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. II. A. on the DUTY of
Jews as Citizens" The tenor of Mr..
VOLTS remarks we're that the Jews
should Lar aside their exclusiveness,
mingle with the world more and take a
hand in public affairs. He said that he
did not come among them to expound
any new ideas and to deliver a disserta
tion on sonnet ing that did not concern
them, but to simply point out to them
the duty the Jew ewed to himself and
the community in which he lived, IS a
citizen. There was nothing incom
patible with a good citizen and Judaism
in fact a good jew was always a good
citizen. The idea seemed to prevail
among q certain class of Jews that they
were q chosen people and superior to
the rest of creation. This was a great
misfortune, as there was nothing in a
Jew that distinguished him from others.
His religion surely did not so teach him,
As it was the most unassuming of all re-
ligions. What was II then that made
him so arrogant? 1t was his own sell
fishness and nothing else. The average
Jew, when be had discharged the chari-
ties and other little obligations TO his
own people, was disposed to sit down
and think that he had discharged all his
obligations as a citizen. This was great
fallacy. The Jew should take part in
all the great scientific, social and polit-
ical questions of the day for which his
intelligence and abilities so well fitted
him; he should Danish his exclusive
ness and take part in that sentiment
which made all the world kin. He
should Danish the idea that he was the
bodyguard OF deity and take his place
in the field Of brain culture, social and
political problems. There was no home
like the Jewish home, and why not pop
ularize it by closer communion with
those around? Bring in the radius of
your influence those who desire to, but
who do not know you. The Jews were
q living vi0dicatiOn of temperance, al
though they need no temperance laws.
Yet how few Jews took part in the
temperance agitation of to-day. There
was also the labor question, in which
the Jews seemed to take no part, Just as
if they had no interest in the affairs of
life. There was a time when the Jews
took a great part in the affairs of the
uation-it was the time of the reVolu-
ton, when it was a Jew that filed the
Golfers of the continental treasury.
There was never a more auspiciOus time
than now for the Jew, when his char
acter, philosophy, his talents and abil-
tiles where being appreciated by the
Christian, to take part in public affairs.
The Jews should become an important
factor in the political arena in such
country as the United States, where he
was unrestricted in every respect-he
should seek national honors and poll
tical preferences. The old men in their
business place should not frown down
the young men who had political
aspirations, but should encourage them.
The Jew of America should be repre-
sented in national, State and municipal
affairs. 1t was duty he owed the
State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
They Were Always Busy.


Prior to the American Revolution ev-
cry colonial farmhouse and every black.
smiths shop was a manufaetory-for
everything was literally manufactured.
That is, made by hand. The black
smith hammered out axes, hoes. forks,
spades, ploughshares, scythes and nails.
A tailoress went from house to house
to make up the winter clothing, and
was followed by the shoemaker.
The farmer prepared the leather from
skins which had lain in the watts for
a year, and his wife made ready the
cloth.
Spinning-wheels buzzed from MORN
ing till night Skeins of wool
en- and linen yarn hung on the
walls of every house. Seated on the
loom-seat, the best woman of the
family piled shuttle and treadles-
weaving blankets, sheets, table-cloths,
towels, bed-curtains. window-eurtains,
fiannels, and cloth for garments.
Every woman in the household man
ufactured something, The aged grand
mother spun flax with the little wheel:
the Youngest daughter carded wool.
the oldest, if the men were busy, hatch
eled fax. 1t was hand work that did
it, and every hand did what it could dc
best.
The women, whose .'work was never
DONE not only earded, spun, and
wove, but they nlilkesl the cows. made
butter, bread. and cheese, soap and
candles, cooked the food, did the wash.
ing. and in harvest raked hay, pulled
flax, and dug potatoes.
The neighbor, who happened in fol
an afternoon gossip. brought heI
work. The mother patched or knitted
as she rested by the fireside, or quar-
tered apples for the children to ..string'
and hang in the morning in festoons OF
the sunny outside walls. All were
busy-always busy Youths Compafs
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
HOW tastes HAVE CHANGED.

The Sort of Religious Works Most Ere
auently Called for-Sermons-
aWhat sort of religious works are most fire.
ouentlv called for by the persons who fire.
ouent the libraryf' was asked of the librarian
of the Young Mems Christian association the
other evening.
~Works on Biblical study" he replied
aThere are more works of that kind called Tor
than of any other of those on religious sub
iects. OF course, the books given out here
cover a great variety of topics. And works
on science and art are much called for.
aAre the works of the old English divines
much read nowadays"
sgNo. not a great deal. Those old standbys,
Baxterss Call to the Unconverted and Dod-
bridges Rise and Progress of Religion IN the
SouIs which used to constitute, together with
the Bible, the entire library of good many
ministers, are scarcely ever called Tor. Inc
Younger class of readers know nothing about
them. doubt if many have ever heard OF
them. Bunyan is read a good deal line
Pilgrims Progress is frequently called Tor,
and occasionally the works OF Jeremy Iasior,
but you couldn't class them as popular books.
aWhose sermons are read the most.
aSpurgeon's, by far. Talmage, thinK,
comes next. DIR. Taylor's sermons also are
quite popular sDue tHe.c isa- ~
mand for sermons, anyhow"
allow about religious fictions'
aThere is a great deal of that read, en-
tirely too much. We aim 70 keep as little as
possible of this class of literature on hand
and try to stimulate the young men who IRE
o,1ent our library to read something mors
substantial
@Rehgious reading is very different now
from. what it used 70 be. People used TO read
sermons a great DEAL the old English sermons
which took two hours to deliver, and ponder
ous books on theology. They want every
thing brief nowadays, short, spicy sermons
and treatises that come to the point directly
They won't take the time 20 read anything
else Then. there is so much current litera
ture to read That takes up the greater par
OF the average readers time, and much OF tn
stuff isn't worth reading. New York Com
rnercial Advertiser.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27

If she could have got away from Linwocd
it would not have been so hard. The bald
rusticity and poverty of the lives of those
around her never was so hateful TO her. Only
for her mother and the children she could
have turned her back upon this scene. The
busy whirl, the excitement Of city work have
a fascination for the young. Shirley could
have plunged into these and found rest At
least she could have found congenial intel
lectual conpanionship. Here she as
utterly alone as Robinson Crusoe on his island
But had not her father said-aTake care of
your mother, Shirley, take care of them all =
There was nobody 70 take care of the
children, to have patience with her mother,
absolutely nobody but Shirley. Here she
was, and here she was to be tied to her
country school, correcting the bad grammar
of the children, listening alternately to the
vulgar neighborhood clack and the peevish
complainings of her mother, putting her
hands too to work, now with the needle, now
in household labor and out in the grounds.
That was to be her life forever. hum-drum,
like the clicking of blacksmith beetle Oh.
if she could only get away But no
She faced her prospect and saw that the
battle must be fought out in Linwood. Fate
is hard on women
Finally Shirley observed that this eating
her heart out in silence was beginning to dis
turb her seriously. How she longed for some
break in the duh monotony of frettings
One morning she found her brother Pet Sc
riously Ill of a fever. He became worse
through the day Shirley herself went for
the doctor
Back of the village was hideous patch OF
ground of several acres. 1t was called the
scommon,n possibly from the fact that it was
common dumping ground for all miscella-
neous rubbish of the town. In the growing
season it was covered with weeds
The summer had been the rainiest one in
many years. As Shirley passed by the COM
mon she saw it was covered with stagnant,
bubbling water Poisonous exhalationi
seemed to rise from it and glisten in the sun.
She entered the village. Rank weeds fringed
the street in front of nearly every house. The
stagnant water lay in pools along the road
way, at intervals, through the whole village.
She wondered how it was she had never no
ticed the weeds and decaying water before.
She had scarcely been in the village since
her return. But now she was struck with the
sickly greenish- yellow hue on the faces Of uer-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Table Manners.

Foreigners complain that we Ameri-
cans have conspicuously poor manners
at table. They complain that we chew
with our mouths open, put in too much
food at once, hold our heads close down
to our plates; of our eating with our
knives when we should use our forks,
and of "bolting" our food. / shall not
resent or deny these charges; if they
are true in any case | should not think
of defending the person guilty of such
ill-breeding, and if none OF us are guilty
it does not concern us. But | would ask
all girls and boys to watch themselves,
and find out how far they are from do
ing any of these things. You need not
mention to any one the result Of these
observations on your own behavior; just
settle the question with yourselves
ssPlease etstuse me, mamma" said lit
tie Harry, as he finished his dinner the
other day.
"Oh, isn't that sweet~ exclaimed
Mrs. Graham, who, with her husband,
had been invited to dine with Mrs. Ow-
ems
Before Mr.. G. had time to reply tohis
wife Mrs. Owens said:
sNo. my son, I cannot excuse you un-
til you have placed your knife and fork
in their proper positions
While the little fellow was arranging
his knife and fork, Mr. G. said:
"Yes, it is certainly pleasure to see
children polite and mannerly, especially
at the table 1t is really pleasure to
have the little ones around the table
with US when we can feel that there is
| no danger of being mortified at their
disorderly conduct."
| While refined manners are so sweet
and pretty, there i DO more repulsive
object than person who eats noisily,
grossly, inelegantly. DR.. johnson is
remembered for his brutal way of eating
almost as much as for his great learning
and genius. With him it was selfish
pre0ceupation.
A part of table manners should be the
conversation. By mutual consent every
one should bring only the best that is in
him to the table. There should be the
greatest care taken in the family circle
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Here and There.

Iowa has issued sweeping quarantine
proclamation against Illinois. It abso-
lutely prohibits all calves and stock cattle
from any part of Illinois, and all cattle
kept within the last six months in Cook
county Chicago or any counties adjoin-
ing it. Other cattle must come with un-
doubted assurance of being free from ex-
posure to contagious disease.
The timbered lands of the south are fas
falling into the hands of wealthy syndi-
Gates of both native and foreign capitalists.
About the middle of last month a Dutch
syndicate of bankers in Amsterdam, Hol-
land. acquired from the Land and Mort
gage company Qimited) nearly 900 square
miles of heavily timbered lands in west
Florida. This is the largest single trans
action in Florida since the great Disston
sale in 1891.
All kinds of stock, except sheep and
swine, have decreased in value in Dakota.
In California sheep are advancing in
price, but horses, mules, cattle and hogs
are much lower in price than they We're
two years ago.
Sheep are proving Improbable in Kan
sas, where, however, there is a large in
crease of other farm animals.
A correspondent writing from Fort As
sinibolne, NJ T., classes the winter just
past as the most severe one Montana has
experienced in twenty-five years, and be-
heves that it marks an epoch In cattle
raising in the northwest.
Over So, 400, 600, 600 is the estimated
value of the horses, mules, cows, oxen
and other cattle, sheep and swine in this
country ON Jan. /, 1897.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Another Great Clock.

Another great clock has been added
20 the Theological wonders of the world
"a piece of mechanism that will vie
with the elaborate marvel of Strasbur9
Cathedral, and put the professional
curiosity of Berne Tower into the shade.
The latest effort of the renowned Chris
tian Martin of Villingcn, in the Black
Forest, is said, in its way, to surpass
anything of the kind vet attempted. 1t
is three and half metres high, two
and three-quarters broad, and shows
the seconds, minutes, quarter hours,
hours, days, weeks. months, the fout
seasons, the years and leap years until
the last sound of the year SO ,999 of the
Christian era.
Moreover, it tells on the face the cor
rect time for various ATTITUDES, together
with the phases of the moon and var
iety OF useful information generally con-
fined to the pages OF an almanac.
1t also contains a vast number of
working figures representing the life Of
man, the creed of ChriStendom, and the
ancient Pagan and Teutonic mytholo-
gies. Sixty separate and individual
lied statuettes strike the sixty minutes.
Death is represented as in Holbein's
famous dance, in the form of a skele-
ton. In another part appear the
Twelve Apostles, the Seven Ages Of
Man, modelled after the description of
Shakespeare, the four seasons, the
twelve signs of the Zodiac, and so on.
During the nighttime watchman
sallies forth, and blows upon his horn;
while at sunrise chanticleer appears and
crows Justify. The cuckoo also calls;
but only once year-on the first day
in spring. Besides the figures there is
a whole series of movable figures in
enamel, exhibiting in succession the
seven days of Creation and the fourteen
Stations of the Cross. At certain
hour little sacristan rings a bell in the
spire, and kneels down and folds his
hands as if in prayer; and, above all,
the musical works are said to have 3
sweet and delicious flutelike tone.-St.
James Gazette.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Remembering the Signal Flags.

Thousands of people every morning look
up to the signal flags on the public build
ings in the cities to know the forecasts of
weather for the day, but to great num-
bers they are only an evaporation, be
cause the Interpretation of the red and
blue moon and star and crescent are con-
tinually slipping from mind, and the
memorandum card is always getting mis-
laid. An easy method of fixing the read
ings in mind has been suggested by an eX-
change, and is as follows: Red, the color
of fire, means amount of heat; blue, the
color of the sky, amount of moisture; and
in each case that figures containing most
surface means most in quantity. Thus,
the red moon means much heat-rising
temperature; red star, less heat-station-
ary temperature; red crescent, less heat
lower temperature. The blue moon is
much moisture-general rain or snow;
blue star, less moisture-local rain or
snow; blue crescent, least moisture-feir
weather The 'cold wave is easily re
membered without mnemOnics.